Short-seller Jim Chanos Goes Long On Manhattan Triplex

Legendary short-seller and head of hedge fund
Kynikos Associates, Jim Chanos, has completed his $20 million
purchase of an Upper East Side triplex.

Cityfile:
Two months after he went into contract on a triplex at 3 East
75th Street, James Chanos
has closed on the property. The 7,800-square-foot estate had been
on the market for $24.85 mil. with Paula Del
Nunzio. Chanos paid $20.365 mil.